# Leverton (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/leverton/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 795 |
| US rank (2010) | 29,626 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 388,359 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.7% (745 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Leaverton |

## Etymology

Two main origins: * The hamlet in Berkshire is named with the Old English personal name Lēofwaru, which is composed of the elements lēof (“dear, beloved”) and waru (“care, guard, protection”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). * The village in Lincolnshire is named with Old English lǣfer (“rush, reed”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Leverton in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Similar surnames

Leverett, Leverette, Leppert, Lafferty, Laporte, Lippert, Laborde, Liberty, Laverty, Liberatore, Lipford, Leopard.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.